po_stable_changelog

Photo Organizer Changelog

You can obtain access unreleased changes to the stable tree via git. See the Development Resources page for further details.

A demo site of the -stable code is available at: http://po.shaftnet.org/po-stable-demo/

If you'd like to see where things are going, check out the Development Plans. The bug tracker holds even more details.

2.37 (September 27, 2010)

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[fix] Fix umask for files created by PO. [#435]
[fix] Treat resource passwords as passwords in the input form. [#437]

2.37-rc3 (August 5, 2010)

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[fix] Admin password change wasn't working properly. 429
[fix] “My Settings - Contact info” didn't let you set country 422
[fix] “My Settings - Photobrowser” page was broken. 421
[misc] Disable execution limits on export page.
[misc] Tweak sharpening defaults, and let ImageMagick choose a sane sharpening 'radius' value.
[misc] Make watermark settings per-size.
[misc] Add UI elements for tweaking all configured image sizes.
[fix] Better handle non-UTF8-encoded image metadata 423
[fix] Auto-importing embedded RAW previews as the 'master' works. 421
[fix] Use proper random filenames when generating “print” files. 305
[misc] Try to look up cameras based on serial number first.
[misc] Add a default author preference.
[misc] Only show the 'misc script' on the photo page.
[fix] Sort order and size request in the feed generator were broken.
[misc] Silence a small pile of warnings.
[fix] Possible infinite loop in the import code.
[fix] Fix memcache not being cleared when the folder/album name was changed.
[misc] Get rid of warning when running under php 4.3.x
[fix] Switch to the 'memcached' extension (instead of 'memcache')
[fix] Newer versions of exiftool changed tagnames slightly. 432
[fix] Fix duplicate IPTC location creation. 433
[fix] Deleteing a photo version updates the memcache properly.
[fix] Import/Handle non-recognized file types as additional versions.
[add] Support using The GIMP to import/flatten its native .xcf format.
[add] Support importing 7-Zip and tar.xz archives.
[add] Support many video formats by using 'mplayer' to generate thumbnails. 431

2.37-rc2 (October 13, 2009)

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[fix] ensure all input is escaped properly in the RSS feed generator.
[fix] Orientation wasn't being respected on bulk updates.
[fix] Typo in the advanced text search page.
[fix] Fix auto-registration with external authentication. 409
[fix] Search folder/album link was broken without pretty URLs. 409
[fix] Tweak the tests for the POSIX and PCNTL extensions.
[fix] Properly clean up temp directories on imports. 413
[fix] Fix a typo in the IPTC location-matching code.
[misc] Fix some CSS inefficiences
[misc] Include the sizecode in the pretty image/photo URLs.
[fix] Ensure all exif/iptc/xmp data imported is explicitly escaped.
[misc] Tweak the pretty URL stuff so that it breaks fewer search engines.
[fix] Spurious 'permission denied' error when changing sort order on a photo page.
[sql] Fix several mis-typed columns in the database.
[fix] Don't generate scaled versions “larger” than the original image.
[add] Allow admin user to change a user's password 402

2.37-rc1 (June 2, 2009)

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[misc] Upgrade the IE7 compatibility library to v2.0b3
[misc] Upgrade wz_tooltip library to v5.2
[add] Add 'bulk rotate' support. [#359] [#373]
[misc] Further refactor some of the import code.
[misc] Use SQL 'ILIKE' instead of regexp matching for search strings.
[add] Admin user can change a user's email address/username [#347][#196]
[add] Basic out-of-band logging support. [#221]
[add] Log all memcache operations
[lang] Simplify the i18n resources a bit.
[misc] Add generic “run a simple DB query and cache it” functions.
[misc] Simplify the photo/version id sanity checks.
[misc] theme_display_photo() doesn't take image size any more.
[misc] Clean up the rating code on the main photo page.
[misc] Move to pg_fetch_all() where possible.
[del] Delete all image-based searching code. Will return one day.
[sql] Convert all latitude/longitude fields to numeric types.
[sql] Delete a few unused DB views.
[misc] Location profile page now differentiates between photos you own and all photos in the system.
[misc] Have the installer test for memcache support.
[misc] Location add/edit now uses the fancy latitude/longitude parsing code.
[misc] Hide keywords/views on the photo tooltip info if it's empty.
[misc] Migrate more queries to take advantage of memcache.
[fix] Allow guests/etc to see technical image details.
[misc] Consolidated photo and version import into one function.
[misc] Added a vastly more efficient way of fetching random photos.
[add] Serialize out all import jobs to the database, decoupling the actual importing from the submissions. This will let us parallelize imports across multiple processors in the near future. 167
[add] Remember per-folder/album sort order and view type.
[add] List available image sizes. (will improve this later)
[add] Generate a full-size image from RAW imports. 7
[add] Initial background image import/processing worker. 167
[add] Pretty-URL the folder search too.
[misc] Vastly speed up searching for “multi-word matches”
[fix] Fix ”””“excessive”””” quotation in tag searches.
[add] Generate additional preview-size images (350,700,1050)
[fix] Changing folder order from folder search page now works.
[misc] Imports are now two-phase; first the metadata is committed then the files are scaled/imported. This greatly reduces the time we hold transactions active, allowing us to parallelize imports nearly linearly.
[fix] When using pretty URLs, login redirections broke.
[fix] The resource password prompting code has been made more robust.
[fix] Tweak the image display code so we avoid compression.
[add] Add ability to generate ISO8601 dates.
[add] Add ability to insert RSS feeds into page headers.
[add] The first RSS feeds added, photo listings by user/folder/album
[db] Add indexes on the exposure date and version creation date columns.
[add] Background imports log their results for the user to examine later.
[misc] Display the image number in the slide tooltip.
[fix] Ensure any selected slides show it when the page is refreshed.
[fix] Fix text on subscription add page. 404
[fix] Bogus memcache call.
[fix] Syntax error when importing single images.
[fix] Ensure we always strip the ICM profile out of generated images.
[add] Re-add per-album/folder sort order
[fix] Better deal with failures resulting from insufficent disk space.
[fix] Minor formatting fixes on the folder/album listings.
[misc] Eliminate code duplication in the folder & album display code.
[add] RSS feeds for folders and albums added.
[add] Exporting now generates and streams archives on the fly.

2.36.1 (September 27, 2008)

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[fix] An incorrect function name in site_display_random_photos() 374
[fix] Adding new label types failed.
[fix] Label/Film/Camera deletion wasn't working.
[fix] Localize an overlooked string. 375
[misc] Unified the permission tests in the export code.
[fix] Rotating images could lead to a blank page. 377
[fix] Two memcache-related bugs.
[misc] When deleting a photo, return to the folder listing. 379
[fix] Album/Folder thumbnails respect the global popup flag 376
[fix] Fix the rating code for PG 8.3.x
[misc] When editing a folder/album, return to where you came. 380
[fix] 'replace master' on version uploads was broken. 383
[fix] Installer suggested an improper cmdline 384
[fix] We weren't using the original watermark image sometimes. 388

2.36 (August 17, 2008)

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[add] Allow the import 'master' prescedence to be configurable. 368
[fix] Fix trash emptying on postgres 8.3.x 370
[lang] de_DE updated.
[fix] A couple of run-time warnings.

2.36-rc2 (June 30, 2008)

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[fix] Account status messages weren't always including a valid 'bulk upload' status. 352
[fix] Editing an existing lens/flash/filter/scanner/support failed. 350
[fix] Minor tweak to the installer.
[misc] Display the serial number of equipment, as users may have multiple cameras, lenses, etc of the same type.
[add] Support importing XMP sidecar files. 292
[add] Make the metadata import order into a preference. 357
[fix] Don't allow duplicate keywords on import.
[lang] de_DE updates (Marcus Hinz)
[fix] XMP now imports 'Description' field as 'caption' (Marcus Hinz)
[fix] Admin users weren't seeing the full manufacturer, location, and label lists. 361
[fix] Tag cloud/search pages now respect the global 'masters_only' preference. 362
[fix] Error in the Italian translation 366
[add] Link the location string to Google Maps too 364
[fix] Minor fix for GraphicsMagick users 365
[misc] Upon successful login, jump to the 'my folders' page unless we have a better idea where to return to.
[add] Optionally use memcache to cache static data.
[fix] Fixed a suboptimal query in photo.php. Over 30x faster on my system! 298

2.36-rc1 (April 27, 2008)

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[misc] Files on disk now include their version id in the filename.
[misc] Support a second ad script per-page, in the footer.
[misc] Allow for file count limits on volumes 246
[misc] Allow usernames to be specified instead of userids.
[add] Folders/Albums now have an associated 'thumbnail' image.
[add] Display the filename instead of 'no title'. 324
[add] 'Blackwater' theme, by Rickard Olsson. (with modifications) 303
[misc] Theme cleanups and fixes/tweaks to CSS rules.
[misc] Allow for a cookie path to make it easier to share installations on the same host.
[add] Allow user to specify default copyright/web statement. 326
[misc] lists of focal lengths, apertures, resolutions, etc are now configurable. 329
[misc] Support 'pretty URLs' for outward-facing things like images, folders, and albums. 302
[misc] Move folder and user searches to their own pages.
[fix] Many bugs relating to external authentication.
[add] A new auth backend, designed to tie into an external database.
[misc] Convert the select all/select none button into a 'toggle selection' button.
[add] Configurable per-user local filesystem bulk uploads. 319
[misc] Unify lens, filter, flash, scanner, and support equipment tables, allow for multiple of each type. 171 204 328
[fix] Made the XML import/export better match the DTD.
[misc] Removed the rather broken (and useless) XML converter.
[misc] Consolidated a few php files.
[fix] Album adding was broken. (Scott Petersen)

[fix] EXIF Focal Length detection was failing on some digicams. (Scott Petersen)
[misc] Revamp the keyword set/clear form elements.
[fix] Errors in the admin user mangling pages.
[misc] Unify all photo removal code. Make user removals two-phase.
[fix] External DB auth was getting an extra space.
[misc] Ensure all forms are submitted using UTF-8 encoding.
[add] Datebook events now have an associated location. 317
[fix] Photo rotation was broken.
[add] Allow the RAW preview image to beimproted as the master. 336
[fix] Lower set of navigation buttons wasn't working on advanced search page. 339
[fix] Selection toggle isn't working on search result pages 338
[fix] Album deletion was returning to the wrong page at times.
[misc] Allow guests to view technical details of an image, but not the full exif dumps.
[misc] Remove the 'front page editor' as it's a security hole. If the admin user doesn't have write permissions to the PO filesystem, they shouldn't be allowed to modify the start page.
[fix] Add a warning for users that have the FunWebProducts toolbar installed, as it sends bogus requests to the PO server.
[fix] Improper retorting of the photos in trash.
[add] Display keywords in the tooltips. 340
[add] Display link to Google Maps for all geolocation tags. 337
[fix] Advanced search on location was broken.
[add] Added a crude LDAP authentication backend. It'll need customization before it's usable. 331
[fix] IPTC import code was ignoring 'sub-location' field. 348
[add] Added a tag cloud, and easy browsing by tag/keyword. 133

2.35b (April 26, 2008)

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[fix] Photo rotation was broken.
[fix] Lower set of navigation buttons wasn't working on advanced search page. 339
[fix] SelectAll/None button wasn't working on search results. 338
[fix] Backport fix for date parsing problem on event add page. 343
[fix] Fix metadata xfer on bulk update regeneration 342
[fix] Add a warning for users that have the FunWebProducts toolbar installed, as it sends bogus requests to the PO server.
[fix] Fix mis-reporting of photos in trash.
[fix] IPTC import code was ignoring 'sub-location' field. 348

2.35a (February 20, 2008)

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[fix] The target folder of an import was double-listed.
[fix] Fix several bugs relating to version manipulations. 321
[fix] 'Install/Upgrade' button in the installer now looks like a button.
[fix] Misc HTML Validation errors.
[fix] Displayed date when viewing a date range's photos was sometimes incorrect.
[fix] Theme logo was hardcoded.
[fix] Location was being clobbered on imports.
[fix] Transfer Metadata was failing on RAW files. 322
[fix] Photo rating forms were failing due to a quoting error.
[fix] non-numeric ISO values (eg 'Hi 3200') were failing. 330

2.35 (Feburary 5, 2008)

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[fix] Changing sort order on the folder/album search page was broken.

2.35-rc3 (January 27, 2008)

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[fix] Users can add other users' images to their albums, if the permissions allow for it.
[misc] Update the import/export XML DTD url to point to a current copy on the current PO web site.
[fix] Installer now tests for the 'xml' extension and refuses to proceed if it's not installed.
[fix] Bulk update + regenerate and Photo re-orientations were failing.
[misc] Consolidate all image regeneration code.
[fix] Metadata transfer was failing.
[fix] Filenames with quotes were failing to import properly.
[fix] Reworked parts of the UI so that clients can more easily figure out what they have access to see.
[fix] SQL permission tests were wrong for protected images. Now they act as advertised.
[misc] Eliminated a useless database column.
[add] Albums can now be created with the contents of the spool.

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2.35-rc2 (January 12, 2008)

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[fix] Searches now use all specified words (not just the first), and respect the NOT operator.
[add] Random sort order.
[misc] Consolidate all 'generate a list of photos' SQL into one place.
[fix] Properly escape the filename passed to exiftool. (Jeff Bearer)
[fix] Searches were misbehaving when browsing past the first page of results.
[lang] de_DE at 100% coverage (Gerd Schreiter)
[add] Display the film size on the pulldown in the photo add/edit pages.
[misc] Reformat the add album/folder pages.

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2.35-rc1 (December 27, 2007)

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As this is the initial release candidate, the -stable site has not been migrated over. Until this happens, the -devel site will be running this code. Please see: http://po.shaftnet.org/po-devel-demo/

[lang] Italian translation (Guido Piazzi)
[lang] Fixed typos in the English translation (Guido Piazzi)
[misc] Database cleanup and consolidation
[add] Additional bitdepths and scanner resolutions.
[add] Folder/Album listings are fully sortable.
[add] Support exporting to .zip files.
[add] Support for ufraw/dcraw's wavelet denoiser.
[add] Handle very large folders sanely in the navigator.
[add] Store passwords in a hashed (md5+salt) format.
[add] Registration is now a two-step process; Login information is mailed upon signup instead of automatically logging you in.
[add] Support pluggable and external authentication mechanisms.
[add] Default image permissions are now configurable.
[add] Allow easy overriding of the php session handler.
[add] Advanced search now supports date ranges, and searches can exclude non-master images.
[add] Version edits/adds can now optionally replace master images linked in other albums.
[misc] Consolidated several groups of related files to eliminate duplicate code.
[misc] Sped up exports by at least an order of magnitude.
[add] Added DB fields to track backup status of image files.
[add] Show what albums a given album is linked into.
[add] Installer has been reworked a bit, to simplify new installations. Support for upgrading very old versions (<2.29) has been removed.
[add] Allow datebook events to span multiple days.
[add] Add workaround for images with corrupted GPS tags.
[fix] Fix a regexp error that caused errors when importing cameras like 'Pentax *ist'.
[misc] Allow ads to be controlled on a per-user basis.

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2.34c (November 30, 2007)

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[fix] The repository volume size test was failing, causing volumes to grow without bound. (The underlying bug is related to a separate DB insert, and will be fixed in 2.35)
[fix] Event deletion was broken.
[fix] Installation error affecting PostgreSQL 8.0. 311

2.34b (November 23, 2007)

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[fix] Typo in one of the theme files dealing with image borders.
[fix] Export code had the 'allow access to original' test flipped.
[fix] Clarified some of the error messages in the installer.
[fix] Fix the folder/album count on the admin's user delete page.
[fix] Deleting users with supports was failing.
[fix] Fix a sql bug that broke upgrades if you had multiple photo dupes in your installation.
[fix] Regenerating thumbnails on a bulk update had a bug where metadata sometimes failed to copy properly.
[fix] Bulk update failed to properly notify the user when an invalid update type was selected, and also had no sane default which some browsers didn't handle well.
[fix] Ensure we pass absolute paths around wherever possible.
[fix] Better handle navigation through albums.
[fix] Under some circumstances removing photos from albums was failing.

2.34a (October 1, 2007)

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[fix] Bug preventing the installer from running on some targets.

2.34 (September 20, 2007)

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[fix] Quoting problems with folder passwords.
[fix] UI regression on registration page.
[fix] REALLY fix the bug in count_photos_by_album() function; if you are upgrading from 2.34-rc1/-rc2/-rc3, you'll need to manually apply the commands in src/sql/PENDING, or wait until 2.35.
[fix] Minor string errors. 282
[fix] Settings page wasn't storing the 'preview_copy_metadata' setting.
[fix] Vastly improve the efficiency of the code that computes and checks volume sizes. 271
[fix] Bulk update page wasn't properly detecting source of the request. 284
[fix] When the admin registered a user the redirection was incorrect. 286
[fix] Minor tooltip formatting error.
[fix] Admin page wasn't showing the bulk upload preference properly. 287
[fix] More errors caused by i18n numeric formatting in incorrect places. 288
[fix] Exposure/flash compensation wasn't parsing fractional values properly. 289
[fix] 'ISO' setting was never being recorder/displayed.
[fix] Image count wasn't showing up properly on folder/album delete pages.
[fix] 'Expires' header for images wasn't being generated properly.
[fix] 'forgot password' page wasn't working.
[fix] PHP's 'symlink' function is inconsistent, breaking volume management. 290
[lang] More i18n fixes 265 288
[lang] Dutch translation updated.

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2.34-rc4 (August 20, 2007)

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[fix] ufraw decode helper wasn't respecting user settings. 241
[add] Support ICC profiles when using ufraw. (Robert Hendrickx) 243
[fix] Bulk update/Delete Keywords was failing under some circumstances. 248
[fix] Incorrect folder link on the 'add photos' page. (Robert Hendrickx) 249
[fix] Printouts were failing due to ambiguious SQL. 250
[fix] Fix some UI regressions on the printing pages.
[fix] Force US locale when printing to ensure correct postscript generation. 251
[fix] Several errors relating to custom profile entries. 255
[fix] Silenced many warnings.
[fix] Pop-up calendar wasn't displaying properly. 256
[add] Allow user to clear a date. 232
[fix] Action buttons weren't showing up on the search pages under the list view. 261
[fix] Error in the count_photos_by_album() function, causing the photo count in albums to be incorrect. Requires a manual DB update if you're upgrading from 2.34-rc1/2/3; see src/sql/PENDING
[add] jpgfromraw is now configurable instead of always being enabled. 259
[fix] Some preferences weren't saving properly.
[fix] Camera detection from XMP data was broken.
[fix] User listing on search page respects 'hide user' preference, and defaults to the logged-in user. 267 269
[fix] Tooltips in list view were broken.
[fix] A couple of date bugs on the admin user pages.
[fix] The 2.33→2.34 repository upgrade code was breaking when it couldn't figure out the image dimensions, plus we should ignore .xmp files for now.
[fix] Fix mis-displayed dates on the profile edit pages.
[fix] next/prev buttons were failing under some circumstances. 274
[fix] Some Minolta-generated images were failing to import. ][pobug>281]]

[misc] Applied a few patches to jscalendar
[misc] Manufacturer links open in a new window. 268
[misc] Installer now reports more verbose errors when migration fails.
[misc] Ensure all auto-refresh selectboxes work with no javascript.

[lang] More i18n fixes 265 275
[lang] German translation updated. 252 253 257 258 265
[lang] Fixed generation of locale-dependent dates. 265

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2.34-rc3 (August 11, 2007)

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[fix] Photo edit page had a fixed, English title.
[fix] A couple of typos on the album display page.
[fix] site_display_random_photos() was still broken for album views. 229
[fix] Admin users had problems emptying other users' trash.
[fix] Work around Nikon NEFs that have slightly bogus metadata. 228
[fix] Eliminate a warning when no keywords were specified on an import.
[fix] Due to an include order error, graphical UI elements weren't getting translated properly. 230
[fix] Script errors involving watermarking.
[fix] Bulk update on ALL images was failing to regenerate thumbnails.
[fix] Emptying the trash and deleting photos as the admin user broke under some circumstances.
[fix] Sort order, and images per page are respeced on the settings page.
[fix] Admin users couldn't empty the trash properly.
[fix] Exclude 'spool' and 'trash' from lists where appropriate, and prevent users from creating new folders/albums with those names.
[add] Exclusively use ExifTool to extract IPTC/XMP metadata. 181 182
[fix] When logging in with a non-default language, the first page displayed was in the default language.
[fix] Client removal page was broken for non-admins.
[fix] Tweak CSS rules to fix some formatting glitches. 233
[fix] Rearranged the config file a little bit.
[fix] Emptying trash when watermarking enabled now works. 240
[fix] Install script was incorrectly migrating old watermark preferences.
[fix] When no exposure date is associated with an image, an invalid date entry is generated in its exported XML data.
[fix] Removing a user from the admin interface did not work.
[fix] 'Bulk Update Enabled' preference was mistyped in some places.

[lang] Several missing i18n entries.
[lang] Auto-refresh the login page when a different language is chosen.
[lang] German translation updated.

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2.34-rc2 (August 5, 2007)

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[fix] Folder name not showing up in info bar on photo add page.
[fix] Broken URL and other mistakes on copyright page.
[fix] site_display_random_photos() and site_display_photo() functions were broken. 227
[fix] When asked to not display photo frames, don't set the CSS image class for framed images.
[fix] Display the username on the settings page.
[fix] Export page shouldn't be buffered/compressed.
[fix] 'select all' on photo listing page now works properly.
[fix] Blank page when rotating photos.
[fix] Properly restore the error reporting levels.
[fix] Fix the periodic preference refresh. This also fixes the bug where changing the photos-per-page wasn't working for signed-in users.
[fix] Allow a bulk update to proceed if the only option checked was to regenerate thumbs/images.
[fix] Graphical select buttons and checkboxes were misbehaving.
[fix] Minor formatting tweaks to ease validation.

2.34-rc1 (August 2, 2007)

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License changed to GPLv3
Requires PHP >= 5.0 and PostgreSQL >= 8.0
Vastly improved the themability of the UI. 38 Converted the site layout to use pure CSS, greatly simplifying the generated HTML. 14
Support multiple languages. German, French, and Dutch translations are available. 2
All internal data is now UTF-8 and is served to the user as such.
Switch to PHP's built-in session management, and take advantage of per-session storage. This opens up many, many possibilities 111
Rewrote new user preference backend based around a simple key=value paradigm. In the process, all user preference code was refactored to eliminate many, many database transactions, resulting in much simpler code everywhere else. 10
The spool has been revamped, making it into a sort of temporary clipboard. It's much simpler to use and considerably more useful now. Exports, Printing, and bulk updates can work against this improved spool. 13
Error reporting centralized and cleaned up. 115 110
ExifTool is now required, and is used for all image metadata extraction (XMP/IPTC/EXIF)
Shopping infrastructure removed, replaced with a simple per-image URL to an external store. 183 192
Sidebar search page removed; it was only semi-working and basically needs a re-think.
Individual 'versions' of images can now be added to albums, rated, etc. 172.
The backend now supports an unlimited number of image sizes, though the UI does not. 7
All image modifications are now properly transactioned. Before it was possible for a transform to fail leaving a corrupted image on disk. 188
Consolidated most permission checks into the database via stored procedures. 8
Datebook events can be associated with clients, and folders/albums can be associated with events. It is now possible to selectively grant access to individual folders/albums to individual users! 217
Users can now spool/export any image on the system, permissions notwithstanding. 120
Internal handling of image selection/checkboxes improved considerably. 24
Sort order, photos per page, and view type are now dynamic, and registered users can set defaults. 3
GPS Tag support. 101
Support GraphicsMagick for image resizing and processing. 168
Support password protected folders & albums. 147
Albums/Folders/Photos now keep track of when they were last modified. 32
Bulk update can work directly against arbitrary photo selections, including directly from photo listing pages. 102
Bulk update now recursively handles subfolders/subalbums. 138
Support the ufraw RAW decoder. 22
Keep track of when an image was added to the system. Use this to speed up a lot of SQL. 174
Display the number of photos taken on the datebook week/month/go-to views. 30
Display the number of photos per location/camera/lens/etc on the profile pages. 85
Combined all folder and album actions into a pair of “album actions” and “folder actions” dialogs. 134
Added an explicit 'delete' button to folder/album/photo pages. 157
Support keyboard navigation for common tasks. 177
Automatically detect lens used based on EXIF data. 126
Added an option to ignore the 'UserComment' field on specific cameras. 197
Automatically copy image metadata to the preview images. 163
User can now specify the default thumbnail/preview image format.
Allow users to hide themselves on the public user listings. 170
Much better support for DICOM (.dcm) images. 208
Allow guests read-only access the 'version' tab on the photo page.
Users can instantly mark other users as their client. 218
Per-image comments that are independent of the title/caption fields.
Keep track of watermark images. 160
RAW images with embedded preview JPEGs will have them automatically imported as an additional version. 224
Updated the tooltip library.
Users can create new accounts for their clients.
Many, many minor tweaks and fixes.

Older Releases

Please see the Old Changelog page.